fawning

fawning englannista suomeksi

1. nuoleskeleva

2. mielistelevä

0. Verbi

0. Substantiivi

fawning englanniksi

1. (infl of)

2. (RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)

3. Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.

4. (RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice): How like a fawning publican he looks !(..)

5. Servile flattery.

6. (RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet): No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp,And crook the pregnant hinges of the kneeWhere thrift may follow fawning.

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